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I'm Erik. I teach secondary English literature and Creative Writing at a parochial school (which shall go unnamed, due to my senseless paranoia) outside of London. I'm 'eccentric.'Essentially, all of that means that I abhor thick people. God gave each of us a brain, and I for one take that to mean that He intended us to use them. I could be wrong on that point, but I think not.
I am Roman Catholic, and proud of it. I take Communion on Sundays and Tuesdays, do not eat meat on Fridays during Lent, and will argue theology with whomever thinks he can withstand the wrath of a Catholic Scotsman. I loved Pope John Paul II, and I think that Benedict XVI looks like the evil Emperor from Star Wars. No offense, Benedict.
Okay... um... Me. I am usually to be found in slacks, a button-down shirt and sweater-vest, generally with either hiking boots or loafers. Not that you needed to know that, but I think it gives some indication of me. I've got dark brown hair that never does what it's supposed to unless I wax it, and I'm rapidly going grey, thanks very much to my lovely students and my lovely ~cough, choke~ employer. At least I'm not going bald. Yet.
I am happily married to a wonderful woman who teaches Biology in the classroom three doors down from my own. Her name is Margaret, and she drives everyone crazy by keeping dissection specimens in the refrigerator. She's lovely, in her own strange way.
I listen to all the great contemporary artists: Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Bach, Brahms, and Stravinsky. As well as the Beatles, Eurythmics, Police and all of Sting's works from the '80s to today. Yes, geeky, I know. You don't have to tell me that I'm geeky: my students tell me that quite enough. I play violin, viola, cello, double bass, and bagpipes, am half-decent at piano, and I'm learning pipe organ to replace the little old lady at my church who just moved to Spain for her health. I don't know how Spain is healthier than England, but apparently it is. Hm.
I've got a decent amount of French, German and Spanish, and my friend Fred is shoving Dutch down my throat as fast as I can absorb it. At any rate, I can ask for the gents' in any of those languages, and I can start a barfight in Germany. I know that from personal experience...
Lemme see, lemme see, lemme see... I roleplay maniacally. Let me roleplay at you, please! I'm up for almost any idea.
ALERTE! ALERTE!: Grammar/Spelling/Punctuation nazi! I am an English teacher, and I DO NOT TOLERATE chatspeak! Asterisks, I have no problem with.
And I am not gay. I've had several people ask, so I'm going to say it right here, right now. I am straight and narrow, and married, so don't bother to ask, please.
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Memoirs of a Mad Scotsman
Memoirs of a Mad ScotsmanHerein shall be found the poems, stories and ramblings that comprise my conscious thought. Make of them what you will.
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